Title: Sing! Sing! Sing! (3 of 3)
Series: Psalms That Can Change Your Life
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Psalm 96:1-13
There's an old chorus that was based on Psalm 96 and I'd like you to sing it with me: "Sing unto the Lord a new song. Sing unto the Lord all the earth; Sing unto the Lord a new song. Sing unto the Lord all the earth. (Chorus) For God is great and greatly to be praised. God is great and greatly to be praised." (I sang the verse and chorus through once and then had them sing the verse, chorus verse again with me. To hear how it might be sung, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9plkX3hoe0)
Our family minister, Scott has been doing a series of lessons with the High Schoolers that he has entitled: "Why we do what we do, when we do what we do." Aside from being a pretty clever title, it asks a very important question. WHY do we do what we do on Sunday Mornings?
Why do we have sermons and study the Bible? Why do we take communion every Sunday? Why do we stress fellowship? Why do we spend so much time in prayer? And of course: WHY DO WE SING on Sundays?
I've discovered (over the years) that different churches sing for different reasons.
- My home church (for example) seemed to sing songs as if they were CONNECTORS. The songs connected each of the activities of worship. They'd sing a song... then they'd do something. They'd sing another song then they'd do something else. I don't remember ever singing more than one song at a time. There'd be an opening song. Then there was a prayer. Then there'd be a song for Communion... then we'd take communion. There'd be a song for Offering, then we'd take up the offering. There'd be the sermon followed by the invitation song. They'd pray, then have the closing song. They never seemed to sing just for the joy of singing.
- Then there are churches who use songs as a way to manipulate their audiences. A few years ago I was talking with a man who said he didn't like our songs. He said our songs were mo ...
Series: Psalms That Can Change Your Life
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Psalm 96:1-13
There's an old chorus that was based on Psalm 96 and I'd like you to sing it with me: "Sing unto the Lord a new song. Sing unto the Lord all the earth; Sing unto the Lord a new song. Sing unto the Lord all the earth. (Chorus) For God is great and greatly to be praised. God is great and greatly to be praised." (I sang the verse and chorus through once and then had them sing the verse, chorus verse again with me. To hear how it might be sung, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9plkX3hoe0)
Our family minister, Scott has been doing a series of lessons with the High Schoolers that he has entitled: "Why we do what we do, when we do what we do." Aside from being a pretty clever title, it asks a very important question. WHY do we do what we do on Sunday Mornings?
Why do we have sermons and study the Bible? Why do we take communion every Sunday? Why do we stress fellowship? Why do we spend so much time in prayer? And of course: WHY DO WE SING on Sundays?
I've discovered (over the years) that different churches sing for different reasons.
- My home church (for example) seemed to sing songs as if they were CONNECTORS. The songs connected each of the activities of worship. They'd sing a song... then they'd do something. They'd sing another song then they'd do something else. I don't remember ever singing more than one song at a time. There'd be an opening song. Then there was a prayer. Then there'd be a song for Communion... then we'd take communion. There'd be a song for Offering, then we'd take up the offering. There'd be the sermon followed by the invitation song. They'd pray, then have the closing song. They never seemed to sing just for the joy of singing.
- Then there are churches who use songs as a way to manipulate their audiences. A few years ago I was talking with a man who said he didn't like our songs. He said our songs were mo ...
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